Naples, Italy 🇮🇹 Teatro di San Carlo — the world’s oldest continuously operating opera house. And it’s absolutely stunning.

Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro are flowering for the first — and only — time. Native to India and Sri Lanka, these palms can reach heights of up to 100 feet and produce millions of blossoms that may develop into new seedlings if successfully pollinated.

This is Lake Michigan

The most unbelievable skiing video you’ll ever see [📹 mspfilms]

The Alpine procession of Saint Nicholas, accompanied by two angels, the Red Devil (the Whistleblower), and the Krampuses— a living piece of mountain folklore 👹

Oh wow! What a spectacular Grand Parade for the Feast of Saint Nicholas in Nancy! 🎄🎅 [📹 nancytourisme]

Vivaldi as you’ve never heard it before — on accordion! 🎶 The one-man orchestra, Alexander Hrustevich, is a Ukrainian bayan virtuoso who has been playing since age six.

’Tis the season to be jolly! Athens’ most enchanting café at the moment 🎄🎅 [📹 petalouda_sts]

A LEGO creator in Japan built a fully automated paper-airplane machine from scratch. [📹needmobricks]

These cats were put in separate cages because they kept fighting

The spectacular Aldeyjarfoss waterfall in northern Iceland. [📹 gauihicelander]

The resilient and adorable Mongolian Horses on the cold Steppe.

River Oaks, Houston 🎄 [📹 houstonhousehunter]

This peak amid the Pacific ocean is taller than it is wide (562 m in elevation vs 300 m across): it looks like a fantasy novel place and it really exists. It's called Ball's Pyramid.

The 'knight’s tour' is a sequence of a knight's moves on a chessboard such that the knight visits every square only once.

The ancient technique for creating charcoal that burns without smoke

Monte Lussari is a dreamy hidden gem in the Italian Alps, accessible only by cable car or a beautiful two-hour hike. ❄️ [📹 davide.anzimanni]

a view of Mount Manaslu rising majestically in the Himalayas